NCAA head warns that 95% of student athletes face extinction if colleges actually have to pay them as employees

Tap an icon to share this post

NCAA President Charlie Baker said Friday that action by Congress was needed to protect what he described as the “95 percent” of athletes whose ability to play college sports would be endangered by a court ruling or regulatory decision declaring them as employees of their schools. Tap below to read the article from Fortune.com

NCAA head warns that 95% of student athletes face extinction if colleges actually have to pay them as employees
The vast majority of schools, Charlie Baker said, “spend somewhere between … $40 million and $5 million on college sports, and they lose money.”